I'm not totally satisfied, but I've returned to it because I wanted to mix things up after 2 years of 4 day splits with intense focus on separate body parts. I wanted to do more of a full body routine with a 3 day split and use the other 4 days of the week for HIIT cardio. I can't seem to overcome my humps in any of the major compound movements. When tinkering on my own, I was finally able to bump my 5 rep max for squats up by about 12.5 pounds and my bench up by 5 pounds. But I've been stuck at those 5 rep maxes for about 1 year now. I'm hoping a return to stronglifts will help, but so far I've plateaued at the same weights for those 2 exercises and have had to cut back and try again after 3 straight workouts of not being able to achieve 5x5 on squats and BP at my max weight. I think with all the cardio that I do on the other 4 days, and the fact that I've started playing tennis every night with my girlfriend, I am really going to have to make an effort to eat a LOT more to overcome those hurdles.
Very nice. I'll be getting back from vacation and I was getting bored with my usual routine. I was thinking P90x but I don't want to lose mass. This looks promising. Can you comment on how long the workout A and B will take on a regular basis once you get into the routine? Thanks and repped.
Of course it depended on whether it was a 5, 10 or 15 rep day, but for the 10 rep day I was finishing in about 70 minutes, but that includes the bike tabatas and the final cooldown. I did slack off on some things' my gym doesn't have a kettlebell so it's an akward move with the db, and the reverse lunge/good morning is entirely too draining on the 15 rep day (so 30 rep sets!) but I was never there for over 75 minutes on non tabata days.
